The school Culture Fair is coming up, and Andy Shane has to pick an African country to learn about. Deciding isn’t easy for Andy, so he’s glad when Granny Webb gives him a scarab beetle, which he knows is a symbol of Egypt. But when Andy tries to tell Ms. Janice, Dolores Starbuckle springs up and claims that she is the queen of Egypt.

With more than seven million copies in print in various formats and languages, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is one of the most treasured children's books of all time. Now, more than forty years after its first printing, this classic is finally available in a new, affordable, paperback and CD edition.

Twelve-year-old Charlie is adjusting to life with a new step-father when her Uncle Will buys a haunted mansion and enlists her help in cleaning it.

Twelve-year-old Charlie is adjusting to life with a new step-father when her Uncle Will buys a haunted mansion and enlists her help in cleaning it.

When Amber, the littlest Viking, sets out from Scandinavia to seek her fortune, she must have lost her way! Now she's in Pegwell Bay with no one but her pet squirrel for company.

An ancient prophecy divides two sisters--One good...One evil...Who will prevail? Twin sisters Lia and Alice Milthorpe have just become orphans. They have also become enemies. Lia and Alice don't know whom they can trust...They just know they can't trust each other.

For parents, teachers, and librarians who like to read to their children the real versions of fairy tales (and there are many still buying Cinderella and Snow White by the Brothers Grimm) they must have William Steig's Shrek!.

Critically-acclaimed author and master of the macabre David Lubar returns from a journey into the darkest depths of his brain with thirty-five more warped and creepy tales.

It’s Copper’s 10th birthday and suddenly her whole world collapses. Why must she flee to the Marble Mountains? And who is following her?

Sadie’s mum is a childminder, but when her mum gets flu, someone must look after the children. How will Sadie cope with minding the children--and her mum?

Between the pages of this book lies the secret to the best-tasting chocolate in all the world. I promise, your taste buds will tingle. Your palette will sing! Oh no, have I accidentally tempted you to read this book? I will warn you, however, the most delicious things are never good for you...and this story is particularly scrumptious!

Sammy has three wads of cold hard cash in her hot little hands. An old guy gave them to her. Well, actually, he told her to throw them away. Begged her. With his last dying breath. Which he was taking because Sammy had just scared the life right out of him.

At the start of this breathtaking novel, Ever’s beloved Damen has been poisoned. If she gets too close to him, it will activate the poison and bring about a swift and painful death. To break the curse, Ever travels to Summerland and immerses herself in magick--and receives help from a new friend.

When Dax Jones finds himself changing into a fox, a government agent is suddenly waiting to take him to a secret school, a haven for others of his kind. But danger follows Dax. Someone else wants to track him down.

Superloo whisks Finn off to Tudor England to "rescue" a velvet toilet belonging to Henry VIII. Unfortunately, Superloo gets stolen by a couple of cutpurses—and that's just the start of a rollicking and terrifying trip through Tudor times!

Toby can't wait to be catapulted back in time again to become his own ancestor! This time Toby is plunged back to Ancient Greece, into Niko's life, where he finds himself dodging the donkey doo...

Freedom Smith is a born fighter--it's in his gypsy blood. Freedom's no angel, but he's no killer either. When he's falsely accused of murder, the law gives him the chance to prove his worth, by infiltrating a sinister fight game that's recruiting runaway boys.

Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off–except Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have disappeared into thin air? Ted and his older sister, Kat, become sleuthing partners, since the police are having no luck.

Silver lives in the strange old house Tanglewreck, and hears strange stories about the Timekeeper--an alchemist's watch that could steady Time again, if anyone could find it. Then sinister Abel Darkwater arrives at Tanglewreck...

Hi! Trixie here. Did you know that the thing I've always wanted most in the world is a pony? It's my biggest wish and my dreamiest dream!

Starting with Louis Armstrong as Number 1, and using the counting beat of the classic song "This Old Man", nine jazz musicians are introduced in this lively, original presentation.

Shakespeare’s lively comedy features rivalry between noble brothers, exile, and eventual reconciliation. Retold by Leon Garfield, this reinterpretation is sure to delight.

Everyone who came across the strange gym class was looking for something else. What they found was mysterious Mrs. Powell with her silent feet and unnerving stare and pashki, a lost art from an age when cats were worshipped as gods. But Ben and Tiffany wonder: who is their eccentric old teacher? And why are they suddenly able to see in the dark?

The giant dinosaur turned its head to focus on the midget now approaching. The Doctor and Sarah arrive back in the TARDIS to find London completely deserted--except for the dinosaurs.

When Jake Drake gets mugged twice in ten minutes, he comes up with a plan to con the criminals on his estate. With the help of his closet pals, he starts a rumor about a new gangster in town...

When General Marchmouse unexpectedly comes to stay with Tumtum and Nutmeg, he wreaks havoc. The General has a new pogo stick and he's having jolly good fun bouncing everywhere on it...and making mischief.

Harry the rabbit's day reaches unexpected heights when he finds himself in a bird nest halfway up a mountain...Ever the optimist—Harry's soon making furry friends, including Shane the Brainy bunny, and together they escape. But Shane's brilliant ideas don't always go to plan…

Unwilling to let the Germans occupy his islands unopposed, young Nick takes to the skies in a restored WWI fighter plane. Determined to learn to fly, he is soon photographing German patrol boats by day and flying dangerous bombing raids over Nazi airfields by night. Meanwhile, the evil pirate Captain Billy Blood returns to Greybeard Island. Kidnapping Nick's sister Kate, Blood transports her to Port Royal, Jamaica in 1781. If Nick ever wants to see her alive, he must come to Jamaica.

St. Sebastian's School in Grimesford is the pits. No, really it is. Built on the boggy remains of a medieval plague pit, this once proud school's dodgy nineteenth-century foundations are causing it to slowly subside. Every year it sinks a little further into the ground, and every year the ghosts of the plague victims underneath become more disgruntled.